--- You wrote: Friend of mine wants to do video editing, but he only has an old G3. >> He likes the videos that I've been creating with my G4 733 DA using >> Final Cut Express, v.3., and wants to know whether it would be better >> to ditch his G3 and go looking for something newer, or try to upgrade >> it. I asked him what G3 he had, and he gave me the following specs: --- end of quote --- I come late to this thread but I would like to point out that non linear video editing, which is what we do on our computers, has been around a lot longer than the G4. Final Cut goes back at least ten years and was very useful at a professional level with G3s and very little hard drive storage...a gig of disk space was very expensive a decade ago.
If your friend can afford to upgrade to a newer machine, it's the way to go, and they have become much cheaper. But before I bought my G4 Digital Audio I had a G3 Beige MT. I put a 466 mhz G4 in it and an ATA pci card with several big drives. Also a pci video card, like the Radeon 7000. Also a firewire/usb pci card. I ran the latest version of a high end video editor and did very sophisticated work. Just a little slower than the other guys, mostly in rendering, much of which can be done overnight. Newer is better, but some of the investment in an older machine can be moved up to newer. Drives, ATA cards and some memory (PC 133) will work fine in the DA or Quicksilver models. Go for the gold if you can afford it. Or plan a phased improvement and do your good work on older machines. It's the work that counts. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
